After returning home with the child, her ex-husband knelt down and gently coaxed her.

7 PM.

Inside the private rooms of the Silk Knot Club, the clinking of wine glasses filled the air.

"It's been so long since we brothers have gotten together!"

Chen Yan raised his glass, "Thank you all for remembering my birthday and for giving me this opportunity to get together."

As their glasses clinked, the seven or eight people in the private room said in unison, "Happy Birthday!"

Shen Mingwei joked, "Huohuo, you're thirty this year, right? Your dad should be urging you to get married by now, right?"

"Hey, with you bunch of bachelors around, if my dad keeps pressuring me, you guys are my safety net, right?" Chen Yan laughed, looking around at everyone. "Right?"

"Hey, that doesn't include me." Bai Yi put his arm around Lu Manni beside him. "I have a boyfriend."

"I know you're taken," Shen Mingwei laughed. "You two have been together for so many years, when are you going to set a date and have a wedding banquet for everyone?"

Bai Yi turned his head and smiled at Lu Manni beside him, waiting for her to speak.

Lu Manni smiled sweetly, raised her glass, and said, "Xiao Bai and I are planning to get married at the end of the year, and you all have to come."

With another clinking of glasses, Chen Yan chimed in, "Let me see, the first wedding wine we'll drink should be Yan Ge's."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to the man sitting in the far corner.

Upon entering the private room, he chose a corner seat. The lighting was dim, and only his refined and aloof facial features could be vaguely seen.

He spoke very little, only drinking glass after glass, his eyes calm, showing neither sorrow nor joy.

Upon hearing this, he smiled slightly, his fingertips tracing the glass containing the brown liquid, without saying a word.

"Brother Yan."

Chen Yan, holding a wine glass, walked up to the man.

By date, he was a few days older than Lu Xiyan, but since they played together, he got used to calling him "Brother Yan".

Chen Yan lightly touched his wine glass, gazing at the man's cool and aloof face, "Congratulations on your engagement in advance."

Lu Xiyan nodded slightly. "Happy birthday."

After saying that, he drank the liquid in the cup in one gulp.

Everyone present knew that he had once had a deeply unforgettable love, and how much he loved that person, and how much he was hurt afterwards.

They knew that his engagement wasn't what he truly wanted, but they couldn't say anything.

A simple "Happy Engagement" was all I wanted; I just wanted him to be happy.

Because the Second Young Master Lu used to be truly carefree and happy.

Liang Xu watched him drink one glass after another. He wasn't a big drinker, but today he was acting unusually, as if he wouldn't stop until he was completely drunk.

The wine glass was placed on the table. Lu Xiyan looked up at Chen Yan and asked, "Did you like the birthday present I gave you?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mingwei chimed in, "Brother Yan, the Harley Davidson Cosmic Starship you gave him is the motorcycle Huo Huo has been wanting to buy for so long. This birthday present really touched his heart, how could he not like it?"

Harley Davidson Cosmic Starship, also known as Harley Davidson Cosmic Starship, is a hand-drawn artwork by a world-renowned artist and is often referred to as a moving painting.

Both its shape and color are very suitable for the name "Chen Yan", so Lu Xiyan not only spent a lot of money on this birthday gift, but also put a lot of thought into it.

"That's right, we're all envious," Bai Yi joked with a smile. "Next time it's my birthday, Brother Yan, you'd better treat everyone equally."

Chen Yan was amused and laughed, "Next time there's a competition, I'll ride the motorcycle that Brother Yan gave me around the stadium a few times, and then I'll keep it in the center of the garage as a keepsake."

"If you like it, that's good." Lu Xiyan's eyes were light. "If you like it, keep running with your passion."

Chen Yan looked at the man's left hand, a hint of regret in his eyes.

Since Lu Xiyan injured his left hand, he has never touched a motorcycle again.

The team's core member abandoned his car business, and Xu Ge followed suit.

Xiao Bai and Shen Mingwei are also being urged by their families to take over the family business and manage the company. Now, Chen Yan is the only one in the team who can participate in competitions and be accompanied by motorcycles without any worries.

The motorcycle team that once dominated the Beijing-Hangzhou area can never return to those days.

Liang Xu would occasionally visit the racing team, and sometimes he could even play a few rounds with them.

But Lu Xiyan hasn't touched a car even once in the past few years.

Therefore, Chen Yan understood the value of the gift Lu Xiyan gave him.

He wanted Chen Yan to keep running with all of their passion.

Chen Yan raised his glass again and looked at Lu Xiyan, "Brother Yan, when do you have time to come and visit the FAF Club?"

Lu Xiyan nodded slightly in response and drank the wine in his cup.

Just then, his phone rang.

Lu Xiyan put down his wine glass, picked up his phone, and glanced at it. The lit screen illuminated his cool, aloof features, and his eyes were deep and cold.

Without hesitation, he pressed the hang-up button and casually tossed his phone onto the table.

He picked up the bottle and poured himself another glass of wine.

"Mr. Lu, are you in a bad mood?"

Liang Xu sat down next to him, glanced at his phone which he had turned off, and said, "Let me guess what could be affecting our CEO Lu's mood."

He leaned close to Lu Xiyan's ear and whispered, "Is it An Ning?"

As the name echoed in his ears, Lu Xiyan unconsciously tightened his grip on the wine glass.

The words on the paternity test jumped out at him one by one, like thorns piercing his heart.

He didn't say anything, but raised his hand and downed another glass of wine.

It's spicy and tastes awful.

Even the most expensive wine is nothing special.

Just then, the phone on the table rang again.

The people who were drinking all unconsciously looked over in this direction.

The number "7" appeared prominently on the screen, and for a moment, the private room fell silent.

Even if it's just a number without a name, everyone knows it perfectly well.

Everyone knows what the number "7" represents.

Lu Xiyan once changed his race number to 77 for the sake of one person.

The motorcycle keys all have the number "7" attached to them.

He said that "7" is his lucky number and the most important number in his life.

Because July 7th is Anning's birthday.

The number "7" also represents "wife".

The striking number lit up on the phone screen on the table, causing everyone to hold their breath in astonishment.

The next moment, the man's slender hand hung up the phone without hesitation.

This had never happened before.

"Anning is back, did you know?"

Lu Manni lowered her voice and whispered in Bai Yi's ear, "She came back last month. I ran into her at the hospital after your accident."

As soon as he finished speaking, the men around him were stunned.

"She still dares to come back?" Chen Yan turned to look at the man's cold face. "And she even went to see Brother Yan?"

Tan Xiaomin, who had been silent until now, finally couldn't help but speak up, saying sarcastically, "Not only did she come back, but she also brought back a burden. Don't you think that's ridiculous?"

Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft; everyone in the private room could hear it clearly.

"You said Anning is pregnant?" Lu Manni didn't know this, so she quickly asked, "Yes—"

"Of course it's another man's," Tan Xiaomin interrupted before she could finish her question. "You guys don't think it's Xi Yan's, do you? How could a woman like her be so innocent?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a piercing gaze suddenly swept over her.

When Tan Xiaomin met the man's gaze, she swallowed the even harsher words that were on the tip of her tongue and turned her head away, somewhat resentful.

The atmosphere became awkward again, and Liang Xu quickly said, "Stop gossiping, let's go have a drink."

"Yes, let's drink, let's drink." Bai Yi broke the awkward silence. "Huo Huo, poker or dice? You're the birthday boy, so you decide."

Liang Xu glanced at the man who wasn't participating in the games and was just drinking alone, then sat down next to him and said softly, "An Ning came to see me a few days ago."

Upon hearing this, the man casually looked up at him.

"She gave me a USB drive with the Haowei project proposal, saying that since you didn't want to see her, she had no choice but to contact me."

Liang Xu handed him the USB drive she was carrying. "I originally thought she was doing all this for her own benefit. But she told me it wasn't for work."

Lu Xiyan's gaze fell on the USB drive he was handed over. Taking it in her hand, she asked, "If it's not work, what else could it be for?"

She said she didn't want you to get engaged to Cheng Wanwan.